Atrazine and simazine are pre-emergence herbicides that are known to contaminate ground water from normal agricultural use. According to a recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) re-registration eligibility decision for atrazine, the breakdown products of atrazine and simazine were determined to be as toxic as the parent chemical. Consequently, EPA concluded that the concentrations of...

Herbicide usage has increased dramatically during the last two decades coinciding with the change in farming practices and increasingly intensive agriculture. This study thus assesses herbicide occurrence in the ground water of Delhi i.e. Atrazine and Simazine herbicide. Liquid-liquid extraction with dichloromethane and methanol as extracting solvents were used. These extracted herbicides were ...

a field experiment was conducted in khorramabad to evaluate the efficacy of 12 herbicides [ethalfloralin (3 l.ha-1), trifloralin (2 l.ha-1), pendimethalin (1.5-2.5 l.ha-1), imazethapyr (0.5-0.7 l.ha-1), isoxaflotole (80 g.ha-1), pyridate (2.5 l.ha-1), bentazon (2 l.ha-1), metribuzine (0.7 kg.ha -1), fomesafen (1 l.ha-1), simazine (80 g.ha-1), prometrine (830 g.ha-1), haloxyfop-r-methyl (1 l.ha-...

The isotope dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS) is a highly efficient method for tackling the ion suppression in complex matrix by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS), but a lack of commercial internal standards is a limiting factor for these analyses. Herein, an economical and efficient strategy for the synthesis of (13)C3-simazine via a three-step proce...

the lack of herbicides for broadleaf weed control is one of the most important challenges of chickpea production in iran. field experiments were conducted in lorestan, kermanshah, east and west azerbaijan to evaluate weed control and chickpea response to application of some herbicides in 2006. there were four replications at each site and treatments were arranged in a randomized complete block ...

Linear water-soluble polyelectrolytes, i.e., poly(methacrylate) polyanion and poly(N-ethyl-4-vinylpyridinium) polycation, were used as carriers for the reactants in immunoassay. The strength of ionic forces through distance and the cooperative binding of oppositely charged chains, the carriers interact with each other at an extremely high rate and affinity. These properties of the polyelectroly...

Pesticide contamination of drinking water supplies has increased over the past decade. A major concern is how exposure to combinations of low levels of pesticides, especially herbicides, could affect public health. Flow cytometric analysis was performed to determine the clastogenic potential of herbicide interaction on Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. The cells were exposed to atrazine, simaz...

The Environmental Hazards Assessment Program of the California Department of Food and Agriculture conducted a well survey in Tulare County to determine the presence of the herbicides simazine, atrazine, prometon, bromacil and diuron in well water. These herbicides were chosen because of their use on crops grown in Tulare County and on rights-of-way throughout the state. Twelve sampling areas we...